Water-elevator



(No Model.) J. E. MORGAN.

WATER ELEVATOR.

No: 278,582. Patented May'29, 18 83.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMEs ELrAs MORGAN,'OF HIGKMAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

WATER-ELEVATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters Patent No. 278,582, dated May 29,1883.

' Application filed February 26, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom z'tmay concern Be it known that 1, JAMES ELIAS MORGAN,

of the county of Hickman and State of Ken'- tucky, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Water-Elevators and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, referencebeing had to v the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthisspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in water-elevators; and itconsists in the combiwater-elevator in which the crane or derrick islocked in position over the well while the bucket is being lowered intothe well, but which is released as soon as the bucket is raised to thatpoint where it is free to swing around over thetop of the well-curb, andthus save the trouble of having to lift it out of the curb and empty it.

Figure 1 is a side elevation-of my invention. Fig. 2.is a plan view ofthe same.

Arepresents a suitablederrick or crane,

which -i spivoted eccentrically, so that it will swing around from overthe top of the well from its own weight. Secured to this swinging frameor derrick is the windlass B, around which the well-rope is passed. Thisrope extends upward and over the pulley G, which is journaled in theouter end of the crane, and A from thence passes down and is attached tothe bucket. The Windlass is provided with a crank and a ratchet, in theusual manner, so as to hold the bucket at any desired point. When thederrick is left free-it swings around from' over the top of the well'forthe purpose of deliverin g the bucket at any point tobe emptied; butwhen the bucket is to be lowered into the well the crane is pushedaround so as to stand directly over the top of the well. I

Pivoted toone side of the horizontal portion of "the crane or derrick isthe latch G,'which has-connected to its outer end the rod J, which hasits lower end formed into a loop to serve as a guide for the well-rope.When the crane or derrick is swung around over the top of the well thelatch catches over the top of the catch I and holds the crane rigidly inposition over the well, so that the bucket can be lowered to ,end of therod which is attached to the outer end of the latch, it raises the latchupward, so

JAMES ELIAS MORGAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. LATTA, I. B. AUSTIN.

